TOP SHELF Essential Learning for the Internal Medicine Clerkship Conrad Fischer, MD eBook Free It is my sincere hope that I have created a unique and use ul book to prepare you or your shel examination or or greater depth o study in internal med- icine. Initially, the volume o in ormation you must absorb will seem over- whelming. All I can tell you or sure is: • While the knowledge you must eventually acquire seems in nite, it isn’t. • T e amount you need or this standardized test is certainly nite. T e ormat this book ollows is the pattern o the most requently asked questions on the exam: 1. What is the most likely diagnosis? 2. What is the best initial test? 3. What is the most accurate test? 4. Which o the ollowing physical ndings is most likely to be ound in this patient? 5. What is the best initial therapy? In addition, we will show you the most likely results o EKGs, x-rays, and C and MRI scans to be ound on the test. Studying a lot can eel hard and pain ul. It is an e ort. I will share with you, then, the solvent or pain ul e orts in the area o medicine. • Everything you are learning here is use ul to help people. • T e “smartest” or most knowledgeable that most people are in medicine in third year is the day they walk into their Shel . T is is, there ore, a high point or peak experience. Don’t waste it. • You can always rest later; you can’t study or your Shel later My suggestion on how to use this book is: 1. Study one subject as a time. 2. Read it in multiple (3 to 4) di erent sources. 3. Use a book o practice questions only a er you have studied the subject. Don’t start with practice questions.